WordPress 4.8 Git Tag is on wrong commit on Github Mirror

[ikappas]

The git tag for WordPress 4.8 is on commit e83ff8597ad73fa019062a9e44ddea34576d2e92 which has the following version.php:

<?php
/**
 * The WordPress version string
 *
 * @global string $wp_version
 */
$wp_version = '4.9-alpha-40885';

/**
 * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
 *
 * @global int $wp_db_version
 */
$wp_db_version = 38590;

/**
 * Holds the TinyMCE version
 *
 * @global string $tinymce_version
 */
$tinymce_version = '4603-20170530';

/**
 * Holds the required PHP version
 *
 * @global string $required_php_version
 */
$required_php_version = '5.2.4';

/**
 * Holds the required MySQL version
 *
 * @global string $required_mysql_version
 */
$required_mysql_version = '5.0';

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The 4.8 release should probably be tagged on the 4.8 branch on commit b15040f1b24b66c2d2b4817144dce1e799b05923

[ikappas]

Please note that anything relying on the Github Mirror for building automated Docker Images for WordPress 4.8 may be broken. (ours is at least since we are fetching the wrong commit)

[netweb]

It doesn't appear to be an issue on the develop mirror

• ​https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/4.8/wp-includes/version.php
  • $wp_version = '4.9-alpha-40885';

• ​https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/4.8.0/src/wp-includes/version.php
  • $wp_version = '4.8-src';

• ​https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/4.7/wp-includes/version.php
  • $wp_version = '4.7';

• ​https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/blob/4.6/wp-includes/version.php
  • $wp_version = '4.6';

Also checked 4.5 down to 4.0 and each of these have the correct version in version.php

[SergeyBiryukov]

It was an issue with [40889], which created the tag from trunk instead of the branch.

It was fixed later in [40890] and [40891], the GitHub mirror needs to be refreshed somehow.

[ikappas]

Any update on this ?

[ocean90]

Instead of waiting for a fix, I suggest you use the official git mirror: git://core.git.wordpress.org/.

[ikappas]

@ocean90 Thank you for the info :)

[andyexeter]

@ocean90 Is it possible to download zip archives using the official git mirror?

Currently managing a composer based WP install that downloads ​https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/archive/4.8.zip - can the equivalent be downloaded through core.git.wordpress.org?

[Otto42]

Replying to andyexeter:

@ocean90 Is it possible to download zip archives using the official git mirror?

Currently managing a composer based WP install that downloads ​https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/archive/4.8.zip - can the equivalent be downloaded through core.git.wordpress.org?

If you need to download the ZIP files, you can find their URLs on the release-archive page:
​https://wordpress.org/download/release-archive/

You will note that the format of these filenames is always the same, and the official ZIP can be downloaded directly from WordPress.org, without going through a git system.

Example: ​https://wordpress.org/wordpress-4.8.zip

[joemcgill]

This looks to be fixed. Thanks @markjaquith.

​https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/06fa4161aa74619239cf27017d124081c825684a.